A prospective study of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in relation to deployment in support of iraq and Afghanistan: The Millennium Cohort study

Autoimmune Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Kelly A ^a   Granado, Nisara S ^a   Smith, Besa ^a   Slymen, Donald J ^b   Ryan, Margaret A K ^c   Boyko, Edward J ^d   Gackstetter, Gary D ^e   Phillips, Christopher J ^a   Smith, Tyler C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e ANSER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRAQ; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

EID: 84862557357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/741267     Document Type: Article

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